Attachment for powder cans



Aug. 31 1926.- 15%71782 4 c. c. GAlTH ER ATTACHMENT FOR POWDER CANSFiled Jan. 2 1924 2 Sheets Sheet 1 a c. mime? INVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEYC. C. GAITHER v ATTACHMENT FOR POWDER cANs Fi ed Jan. 2 1924'Sheets-SheetB INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 31, 192 6.

CIGERO C. GAITHEB, OF JASPER, ALABAMA.

ATTACHMENT FOR PO'WDER CANS.

Application filed. January 28, 1924. Serial No. 689,172.

This invention relates to a faucet for powder kegs the general ventionbeing to provide mg the closure from the object of the inmeans forremovkeg by a wooden This other features of con invention also consistsin certain struction and in the combination and arrangement of theseveral parts, to be her trated in the accomp einafter fully described,illusanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim,

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wher ein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and 1D Wl1lCl1Z-Figure 1 is aview of a powder ing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a longitud Figure to Figure 2, and

vati on.

Figure l is a view t Figure Figure through Figure 1.

Figure 6 is Figure 7 showing the par Figure 8 is a perspec tion of apowder can with may be In these views view of t used.

faucet which has a reduc in the hole in the keg or can.

keg showinal sectional view.

is a view taken at right angles showing the parts 111 eleaken a halfturn from 5 is a transverse sectional view he stopper.

is a view similar to Figure 5 ts in another pos1t1on.'

tive view of a porwhich .the device 1 indicates the wooden ed end 2 forfitting A lip 3 is formed on this end which provides a groove 4; for engthe keg. with the b which passes through A block 5 is and said block isformed cooperates with the lip faucet to the keg.

vided for holding t opening. and having a head provided for closing ispointed moving A ga A stopper 10 a end of this stop the closure from 11and aging one wall of the opening in slidably connected ase of thefaucet by the bolt 6 slot 7 in the block with a jaw 8 which for clampingthe sket 9 may be pro he faucet tightly in the lso formed of wood apointed end 12 the faucet. The per is used for rethe keg. A gate 13stopper is provided the body is also provided for closing the faucet,said gate passing through a slot 14 in the body of the faucet, and beingconnected to a pivoted lever 15 which is held by a' spring 16 in aposition with the gate closed. The

with a groove 17 for receiving part of the gate which acts to hold thestopper in place.

The closure is removed from the keg by the stopper by holding thestopper in the left hand and placing its pointed end against the clamp athat holds the closure 7) of the keg or can A in place. The head of thestopper is then struck with the other hand so as to release the clamp.The other clamp is then released in the same manner. The pointed end isthen placed behind the corner of the lid 6 and then the head is againstruck with the hand which slides the lid towards the center of the keg.The faucet is then placed in the mouth or opening and clamped therein asbefore described. Both the gate and the stopper can be used to close thefaucet.

it is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

T desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

hat I claim is z- A closure of the character described including a bodyhaving a longitudinal bore, means for detachably clamping the same in anopening in a keg, said body having a transverse slot extending inwardlyfrom one side thereof to a point slightly beyond one side of the bore ahorizontally movable gate mon'iber normally having one end thereof inthe slot and having an opening in the other end, an angular pivotedlever mounted upon with one end loosely engaged within the opening atthe outer end of the gate and the other end of said lever disposed

